Helen Miller

Managing Partner, Altrincham

Hardworking and tactically minded, I combine knowledge and experience with empathy to ensure my clients know they are in safe hands and supported. The Legal 500 describes me as a family lawyer who ‘takes special care of her clients.’

Areas of Expertise

Child Maintenance

Children Disputes

Children Issues

Civil Partnerships

Cohabiting Couples

Divorce

Domestic Abuse

Financial Settlements

Freezing Injunctions

Grandparents' Rights

International Family Law

Prenuptial Agreements

Resolution Accredited

Resolution Member

Separation Agreements

Stowe Testimonials

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Going through the end of a marriage divorce has been such a traumatic experience. I have always felt in safe hands and able to lean on the professional input provided by you which has been such a relief as I manage a busy life with my children.

Mrs X

My case was passed onto Helen due to her financial expertise relating to the Consent Order I required. She came into the case right up to speed having identified the relevant nuances and my priorities. She provides a premium service but is sympathetic to concerns about cost and is frank and transparent in this respect. She is not cheap, but worth every penny.

Mr P

Thank you for your patience, advice and gentle guidance through a most difficult time. It was much appreciated.

Mr K

This time last year we had never met and to be honest I never thought I would have needed your services. However I don’t know how I would have got through this year without your advice and support. Thank you!

Mrs Z

Choosing a solicitor when going through a divorce is a very difficult decision. For anybody going through this agonising journey I make but one suggestion...Helen Miller. From the moment I spoke to Helen, I felt secure that she was the right person for the job. Not only her wealth of knowledge and experience, but her kind and empathetic manner put me at ease. Don’t be fooled, Helen is strong willed and will fight your case for you but she knows how to act with the other party to get the best outcome for her clients. Her suggestion of barrister, Simon, was also fantastic and both worked tremendously hard to achieve and secure a financial future for myself and my children. Thank you to Helen and all her colleagues at Stowe, I can not thank you enough for your help and support through the most trying of times.

Mrs C

What an outstanding team of legal professionals! Everyone at the Hale Office, particularly Helen, Theo, Katie and Gale have supported me, not only professionally, but emotionally in what was initially a very difficult and stressful case. They all worked tirelessly and superseded my expectations, by far, as the final order was better than I could have ever imagined. It's thanks to you all that I can now develop a meaningful relationship with my son. You are all a credit to the legal profession. I would have no hesitation in recommending this outstanding law firm to others.

Mr W

A truly heartfelt thanks for all your work in this matter and I wish you all the best for the future.

Ms T

Helen is a credit to your organisation and I wanted this to be formally noted.

Mr N

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Specialisms

For almost ten years Helen has been accredited by national family law organisation Resolution as a specialist family law solicitor, with particular expertise in complex financial divorce settlements, and disputes between parents or relatives over the arrangements for children, post-separation. One of only a handful of specialists outside Manchester city centre, Helen brings a wealth of experience dealing with a wide range of family law issues.

Notably, Helen’s focus is on complex financial settlements on divorce or separation. These often involve the valuation of family businesses both in the UK and overseas, family trusts and overseas/off-shore assets. Helen has extensive experience resolving these issues, working alongside experts from other fields including forensic accountants, property valuers and pension actuaries. Having worked in the North-West for many years Helen has built good working relationships, not only with experts from outside the law, but specialist family law barristers and other solicitors.

In addition to resolving issues relating to the arrangements for children, which includes advising and representing at court parents, step-parents, same-sex parents and grandparents, Helen also regularly advises in relation to pre- and post-nuptial (or separation) agreements and disputes between former cohabitees in relation to finances including property.

Training & employment experience

From Cheshire originally, Helen attended Sandbach High School for Girls and then the University of Birmingham, where she read English, graduating in 1998. Helen then converted to law and took the Common Professional Examination at Chester College of Law in 1999, followed in 2000 by the Legal Practice Course. Helen secured a training contract with a prominent Midlands practice before returning to the North West on qualifying as a solicitor in 2002, specialising in family law.

Helen spent over seven years working at a top tier Manchester city centre law firm, assisting an eminent practitioner from whom Helen learnt much, not only about family law, but also business acumen and excellent client service. Subsequently, Helen has been exclusively Cheshire-based, covering areas such as Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Prestbury, Sale and now Hale, Altrincham, where she has worked for almost three years. Helen was promoted to Managing Partner of the Altrincham office in June 2017.

Approach

Helen’s approach is pragmatic and outcome-focussed.

Robust in seeking the best outcome for her clients, Helen recognises that this is different for every individual, and that often the key is to prioritise non-financial aims such as the welfare of any children involved. In all disputes, there is a balance to be struck and well-considered advice provided.

Tenacious when required, Helen is mostly praised by her clients for her empathy, her unwavering support and her focus on protecting vulnerable parties from the impact of family breakdown. Helen works closely with local counsellors and mediators to explore out-of-court settlements, promoting communication and achieving lasting agreements.

Legal 500

‘a positive and capable lawyer who takes special care of her clients’.

Outside of work

Helen is a keen (if not expert) yogi and regularly attends classes and workshops. Generally, Helen likes to adopt a holistic approach to life and is interested in finding ways to manage modern life, including eastern teachings such as Fung Shui, and the meditative art of gardening.

Having studied English at university, Helen is a keen reader but these days prefers to curl up with a trashy historical novel rather than classics from the canon of English literature! Constantly working (in her head) on composing her first novel.

As a mum of two young girls, much of Helen’s time outside the office is occupied with transporting her daughters to and from ballet, tap, Brownies, trampolining, swimming, sleepovers…. But she wouldn’t change a thing (except perhaps getting more sleep).

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